Feb. 10
10:08 am JST

The Olympic surfing will be held in Hebara, Chiba, about three hours drive from Tokyo, plus traffic jams. It’s a really bad place to have it. There is only one single lane road and virtually no public transport. There is also very little parking. It will create a traffic jam covering half of Chiba because every man and his dog are going to want to see it. Furthermore, the surf in August is very fickle and will most likely be less than a meter high with onshore winds (sloppy white soup). I’m excited to see surfing included in the games, but the venue and timing are going to be far from exciting for its debute.